Let’s See How Smoky it is Near You
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Seahawkfan
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Jsouder53
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How many of those windmills were actually moving?
NevadaJohnny
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JT@623
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Looked the same in AZ this morning
bobfriesenhahn
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There are a number of fires in AZ, including one which is pretty close to our house there (the "West" fire).
Seahawkfan
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I left Phoenix heading home and there was a serious head wind all the way home. Got 13 mpg on the way home and almost 16 going the other way. So yea those windmills were pumping. No not all, probably half. The smoke was crazy. Soon as I hit the state line the sky turned dark, like apocalyptic.
Mike Pierson
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That sucks. Hopefully they’ll get it under control soon.
Jsouder53
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This is from an article today: with increased activity expected due to warm and dry weather.
They are currently 0% contained
bobfriesenhahn
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Fires are actually a good thing, if there are enough of them. The problem is that the full suppression approach used for a great many years has made many fires into a calamity. If there are many smaller fires, them the forest and scrub land is much nicer.
So how do we reset our forests to the natural state they were in before man implemented full suppression for all fires?
WJCO
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OverlanderJK
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Sometimes I wonder if you are a mediocre troll or just have one fucked up brain.
Jsouder53
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No shit Bob, I’m bummed that some of the old mining history will be burned and the trails will be years until they are back to being what they were.
NPC 6060⁸42
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Mismanagement by the forest service is a big part of the problem. Bob somehow makes sense here a series of smaller fires would have been preferable to the large uncontrolled fires you’re seeing now.
How the Great Fire of 1910 Changed How the US Fought Wildfires | HISTORY
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OverlanderJK
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Oh I’m aware. It’s common knowledge I thought. Hence my comment. He says stuff nobody asks or wonder or questioned.Mismanagement by the forest service is a big part of the problem. Bob somehow makes sense here a series of smaller fires would have been preferable to the large uncontrolled fires you’re seeing now.
How the Great Fire of 1910 Changed How the US Fought Wildfires | HISTORY
When a historic fire roared over more than 3 million acres in Montana, Idaho and Washington, the US Forest Service ca...www.history.com
Mike Pierson
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My dad has told me that, in at least California, the Native Americans would set fires in the forest. Because there wasn’t dozens of years of wind fall and slash lying all over, the fires would rush through snd clean the understory and never harm the trees since the fires weren’t that hot. Don’t know if it’s true or how they knew how to do that; haven’t researched it.Mismanagement by the forest service is a big part of the problem. Bob somehow makes sense here a series of smaller fires would have been preferable to the large uncontrolled fires you’re seeing now.
How the Great Fire of 1910 Changed How the US Fought Wildfires | HISTORY
When a historic fire roared over more than 3 million acres in Montana, Idaho and Washington, the US Forest Service ca...